( October 15, 2026, 01:57 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, or NICT, a public research institute under the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, said in a joint statement Wednesday with Sakura Internet, a government-backed Japanese cloud provider, and Japanese AI developer Preferred Networks that they will work together to develop a system for testing the safety of generative artificial intelligence models. The partners aim to begin operating the system during the fiscal year starting April 2027. It will check for risks such as misinformation, discriminatory content and outputs inconsistent with Japanese laws and culture.Statement follows (in Japanese)....
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